Stanza
diatonic version for music box (1993)
4 minutes
no.11

Stanza is based on the riddle canon ''Ave Maris Stella'' (± 1549) by the Dutch composer Ghiselin Danckerts, which has the appearance of a chess board filled with notes. It is dedicated to the Italian composer Aldo Clementi, himself a keen chess player and creator of numerous compositions with music boxes.